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Cardiovascular Diseases > Heart Diseases > Heart Defects, Congenital > Coronary Vessel Anomalies > Myocardial Bridging
... > Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Congenital Abnormalities > Cardiovascular Abnormalities > Heart Defects, Congenital > Coronary Vessel Anomalies > Myocardial Bridging
Cardiovascular Diseases > Cardiovascular Abnormalities > Heart Defects, Congenital > Coronary Vessel Anomalies > Myocardial Bridging

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Myocardial Bridging  

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Scope note

  • A malformation that is characterized by a muscle bridge over a segment of the CORONARY ARTERIES. Systolic contractions of the muscle bridge can lead to narrowing of coronary artery; coronary compression; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; and SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH.

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  • 2008

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D054084

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